Open AccessPsychiatric versus physical disabilities: A comparison of barriers and facilitators to employment.
Author(s) -
Purvi Sevak,
Shamima Khan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
psychiatric rehabilitation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1559-3126
pISSN - 1095-158X
DOI - 10.1037/prj0000236
Subject(s) - psycinfo , psychology , physical disability , psychiatric rehabilitation , vocational education , psychiatry , rehabilitation , supported employment , clinical psychology , work (physics) , mental health , medline , mental illness , neuroscience , political science , law , mechanical engineering , pedagogy , engineering
Guided by the social model of disability (Nagi, 1965), this study aims to better identify barriers to and facilitators of employment for individuals with psychiatric disabilities and how these factors may differ for individuals with physical disabilities.